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April 12, 2005

State & Local Tax Burden in Major U.S. Cities

More tax rankings as April 15 approaches:  Money/CNN has a neat interactive site showing what a family of four with annual income of $75,000 would pay in income, sales, property, and auto taxes for each state's largest city (as well as Washington, D.C.).  Here are the top 5 and bottom 5 cities:

                   State and Local Tax Burden in Major U.S. Cities

Rank

City, State

Total Taxes

Tax as % of 75k

1

Bridgeport, CT

$13,272

17.7%

2

Newark, NJ

$10,889

14.5%

3

New York, NY

$10,490

14.0%

4

Philadelphia, PA

$9,757

13.0%

5

Providence, RI

$9,727

13.0%

Average

$6,832

9.1%

47

Sioux Falls, SD

$3,930

5.1%

48

Las Vegas, NV

$3,802

5.1%

49

Jacksonville, FL

$3,235

4.3%

50

Anchorage, AK

$3,209

4.3%

51

Cheyenne, WY

$2,899

3.9%

(Thanks to Jack Bog's Bog for the tip.)

UpdateBruce Bartlett directs us to this web site maintained by Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia, which contains several years worth of this data.

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